You might have heard this week about the looniest media-related legislative proposal of the new year: A measure in South Carolina to create a “responsible journalism registry” that would require background checks and assurances that a person is “competent to be a journalist” before acting as one.
Well, turns out it’s less of a real proposal than a bit of attention-seeking trolling from one state lawmaker, Rep. Mike Pitts, R-Laurens. But though it was an effective troll job—add this piece to the scores already on the internet—it also revealed some common misunderstandings about the First and Second Amendments.
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